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Letters Patent No. 85,305, (lated December 29, 1868.

IMPROVED TRUSS.

The Schedulerefen-ed to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, E. B. HARDING, of Northampton, Hampshire county, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trusses; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, refei-,

ence being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

In the drawings- Figure I is a plan View.

Figure II is a similar View, with a part in another position.

This invention consists of certain improvements in trusses, which enable them to'be adapted to the Worst and to beA in allcases of hernia with perfect effect, cases easy of wear, and excellent in operation.

These improvements are more particularly intended to apply to the truss for which application for Letters Patent was made by me, August 20, 1868, but also apply equally well to almost any truss in the' market, with slight alterations.

In construction, I form'my main pad A, with an eX- tension-arm, B, projecting from itupward when thel .of this strip is connected with the belt by meansof auxiliary straps, D and D, proceeding from each end of the belt, at its upper corners.

These straps D'and D are not fastened, however, directly to the ends of the pads,'but are hooked together by means of an adjustable buckle, E', on one of the straps D, and an leye on the other strap D, into which the' buckle hooks, so that, when the buckle E is set properly for the wearer, it does L ot require -to be removed whcn the truss is taken off, :as the buckle can be unhooked from the eye on the other strap.

rlhis last passes through guides F and Fon the back or convex side of the pad C, thus giving more play tothe strap, without moving the pad.

The lower corners of the belt are connected to the end of the spring G on the main pad by means of straps I H and H', the one Hbeing fastened directly to the enu -of the spring on that side, and the oneH being connected by a catch.

NOW,.f this truss be put in place upon. the wearer, the lower pan, otherwise' constructed tosuit the peculiar form of the malady, will rest and press against 'the ruptured part, the pressure being varied by the degree of tightness of the belt, and the pad (l will rest a'f ainst` the portion of the body above the hernia, the coniparative tightness ofthe straps D and D being adjusted to suit the wearer, vforming a fulcrum for the main pad, and giving it the peculiar pressure inward and upward required for its perfect success.

displaced, as the strain would come on the upper one,

which, being hinged to its rest, yields to the new position of the body, without slackening the belt, and prevents the inain pad from being disturbed.`

By this means, I obtain a truss which meets all the requirements of the most aggravated cases of hernia,

and yet is simple in construction, and comfortable to' the wearer, having no cumbrous spring-belt to chafe the loins, but only a soft belt-strap coming in contact Withthose parts of the body.

And now, having described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isrllhe construction and arrangement of the hinged auxiliary pad C, connected to the main pad of truss by means of the extension-arm B, and to the belt by means of auxiliary straps D and D, substantially in the manner and for the purpose described.

Witnesses: E. B. HARDING.

GEORGE TUCKER, N. B. Hussey.

And should the body be bent suddenly forward, the main pad would not be 

